James Lucas Yeo

For other people named James Yeo, see James Yeo (disambiguation).

Sir

James Lucas Yeo

KCB KBA
1810 portrait of Yeo by Adam Buck
Born(1782-10-07)7 October 1782
Southampton, Hampshire
Died21 August 1818(1818-08-21) (aged 35)
Atlantic Ocean
Buried
Portsmouth
AllegianceKingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1792–1818
RankCaptain
Battles / wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath 1815[1]
Knight Bachelor 1810[2]
Knight Commander of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of St. Bento d'Avis 1809[3][4]
A scene on Lake Ontario – United States sloop of war Gen. Pike, Commodore Chauncey, and the British sloop of war Wolfe, Sir James Lucas Yeo, preparing for action, 28 September 1813

Sir James Lucas Yeo, KCB, KBA (7 October 1782 – 21 August 1818) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Born in Southampton, Hampshire, he joined the British navy at the age of 10 and saw his first action in the Adriatic Sea. Yeo distinguished himself in combat multiple times, most notably during the Portuguese conquest of French Guiana, earning knighthoods in the Portuguese Order of Aviz and the British Order of the Bath. He was subsequently given command of the frigate Southampton in 1812, but she was later wrecked in the Bahamas, although he was acquitted of blame for its loss. Yeo was then given command of the British squadron on Lake Ontario and commanded it in several engagements on Lake Ontario with American forces. He died off the African coast in 1818.

  1. ^ "No. 16972". The London Gazette. 4 January 1815. p. 19.
  2. ^ "No. 16380". The London Gazette. 19 June 1810. p. 902.
  3. ^ "Memoir of the Public Services of Sir James Lucas Yeo, Knt". The Naval Chronicle. 24: 265–285. 1810.
  4. ^ Chartrand, Rene (25 November 2000). The Portuguese Army of the Napoleonic Wars. Osprey Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9781855329812. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)